Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Environment
Habitat
Indigenous Peoples
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Capacity-building
Climate change
Forests
Freshwater
Land management
Rural Development
Sustainable development of SIDS
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Panama
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Belize
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
1993 |
| Organizational structure: |
Professional staff consists of a total of 23 employees, 13 in headquarters, 10 in the field. The highest authority of the organization resides in the Board of Directors which consists of 14 members from various countries. The Board has various committees for oversight of different areas of the organization. Senior management consists of the Founding Director who supervises fundraising and the Managing Director who supervises all other functions. These two officers report to the Board. Additionally, these two officers, plus the heads of other key functional areas, form the Management Committee of the organization. |
| Number and type of members: |
Cambridge, MA, USA headquarters: 13 full-time staff (12 based in Cambridge, 1 based in Burlington, VT)
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Regional Office: 6 full-time staff.
Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Belize: 1 full-time country program officer in each country. |
| Funding structure: |
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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